560s

Events

around 560 : The Persian Sassanids , in league with the Turks, smash the Empire of the Hephthalites
561 : The Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I and the Sassanid Chosrau I conclude a peace that comes into force in 562 and is supposed to last 50 years.
End of 561: After the death of Chlothar I , the Frankish empire is divided among his four sons: Charibert I receives the part of the empire with the Paris residence , Guntram I becomes king in Orléans , Sigibert I becomes king in Reims and Chilperich I in Soissons .
563 : The Irish monk Columba draws after he had quarreled with St. Finian, with 12 companions to. Scotland , where he on the Hebrides -Insel Iona , which is founded a monastery for the later history of Scotland essential.
565 : Justinian I , who is often considered the "last" Roman emperor, dies in Constantinople
July / August 568 : The Lombards occupy northern Italy largely without a fight ; many residents flee, which (supposedly) leads to the emergence of Venice . About half of the peninsula is occupied by the Lombards, the rest (including Rome and Ravenna ) are held by Eastern Roman troops. With these events the late ancient migration ends .

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